Chapter 31 Gossip

Seeing that her mother was tired, Jiang Wan took the initiative to massage her waist. She looked around the house and didn't see her uncle, so she asked her aunt with some doubts.

"It's almost time for lunch, why hasn't my uncle come back yet? Where did he go?"

Yin Ning also looked at her mother to get the answer. When she got up this morning, her father had already left the house, and her mother didn't tell her where she was going, so she went up the mountain with her aunt.

"Your uncle went to the village to help. I heard that someone's son was getting married and building a house. There were not many idle men in the village, so the village chief sent someone to call your uncle to join them."

"Didn't Dad hold a pen since he was young? Can he also build a house?"

After hearing what her daughter said, Song Wenhui felt sorry for her husband. Of course he would not build a house, but the fact that someone came to ask him to do so meant that the village chief was interested in helping his family integrate into the village. The person who came to ask him to do so said that he was going to help make clay sculptures and sell his labor. Her husband agreed immediately, so she could not persuade him any more.

"If you don't know how, just learn. They even provide lunch there."

Song Wenhui said nothing more and went into the kitchen to prepare the fire.

Recently, the family's income has all come from her sister-in-law and niece, and she can see that her husband is a little anxious.

Men want to be the breadwinner of the family and take care of their wives and sisters. If knowledge is not useful here, then you can work hard and learn a skill, there is always a way to make money.

I can only support him and learn from him.

The two families are sharing the same expenses now because they are so poor. They will have to separate when things get better. How can the older brother and his wife, who have already started their own families, continue to rely on their younger sister to earn money for support? Isn't this a joke?

So Song Wenhui was trying hard to learn how to identify herbs from her sister-in-law today. It didn't matter if she didn't know medicine, as long as she remembered what the herbs looked like and picked them for her sister-in-law. She could also make some money by selling the herbs.

Yin Huaixi was aware of the couple's thoughts. She didn't resist and just let it go.

After lunch, the sun became more glaring, and after standing in the yard for a while, I felt my skin was burning.

Jiang Wan sat on the doorstep holding a small bamboo pole and was cutting circles on it with scissors. She was going to make a simple fishing rod so that she could try fishing when she had free time.

Besides, it won't be long before the tide goes out and it's night. There are no lights here, so it's unsafe to go fishing in the dark. No one in the village will go there. Then the family won't be able to get food by fishing, and can only rely on the fishing rod to keep up.

Yin Ning watched with a painful look as her cousin bent an embroidery needle with a bang and put it on a piece of hemp string.

"Did my cousin really catch any fish this way?"

"Of course not, we still need to prepare bait. It's not like we have to go fishing right now, so there's no rush."

She had to go to the village first to check out some places that were shaded and good for fishing. After finding a place, she had to prepare bait, which would take a while.

Jiang Wan finished making the fishing rod and placed it in her cousin's room.

"Cousin, your clothes are ready, come and try them on~"

Yin Ning used to make clothes with either satin or cotton, and this was the first time she used coarse cloth to make clothes. She had heard her cousin complain several times that the clothes were too warm, so she made them looser this time and shortened the sleeves to match the way the girls in the village wore them.

Jiang Wan fell in love with it the moment she put it on.

If clothes are not tightly attached to the body, the temperature will be reduced by ten points. If clothes are made of coarse cloth, the temperature will be reduced by another ten points. If sleeves are shortened to the elbows, the temperature will be reduced even more!

"Cousin, you understand me so well! This is exactly the kind of clothes I want!"

Yin Ning couldn't help but smile when she saw her cousin's happy expression. She knew that her cousin would definitely like it, and she could finally help her family a little.

"Cousin, since you said you don't want a skirt, I've already cut my pants, and I'll make them shorter for you when the time comes."

Jiang Wan nodded with sparkling eyes, hugged her cousin, gave her a kiss, tied the belt, and ran out to show her clothes to her mother.

Yin Ning stayed in the room alone, smiling foolishly. Before she was six years old, her cousin always loved to kiss her on the face, but unfortunately, she became well-behaved later on, being close but not affectionate, which made her feel lost for a long time.

She still prefers her cousin to be more affectionate to her, hehe~

Jiang Wan showed off her new clothes outside and was reluctant to take them off, so she didn't even wash them and just went out wearing them.

She couldn't stay at home, and her mother happened to be going to Xiaoman's house for a follow-up visit, so she went with her.

When the mother and daughter were almost at Xiaoman's house, they met a girl on the road. She looked about 17 or 18 years old, with a slightly plump and cute figure.

Jiang Wan had just thought of this word when she saw the girl opposite her glance at her and her mother and then rolled her eyes.

…

Not cute at all.

I've never seen this girl before, and she rolled her eyes as soon as she came up to me. Do you have cataracts?

Jiang Wan's face turned pale, and she walked towards the two of them with her teeth gritted. At this time, Xiaoman's door opened and Xiaoman's mother walked out.

"Lotus? Why are you here?"

Lian Hehua pouted and turned around, saying impatiently, "It's my mother. I heard that you, Auntie, found a female doctor to cure San Ya. I want to ask where your doctor lives. She also wants to see him."

It was so sunny in the afternoon that she didn't want to go out at all. She was in a terrible mood all the way.

"Aunt, please give me the address. I want to go back."

Xiao Man's mother ignored her and went straight past her niece to invite Jiang Wan and her daughter in.

Lian Hehua was stunned.

"Third aunt?!"

"What? I'm not deaf. If you want to ask for the address, just ask for it. I have to ask the doctor first whether he is willing or not. Why are you in such a hurry?"

Xiao Man's mother is not used to this girl. She asks for help from others but still acts like a fool. It's really annoying.

Even Lotus was very angry.

"Auntie, my name is Lian Hehua! You are not allowed to call me Daya!"

It was so embarrassing to be called such a rustic name in front of outsiders! Lian Hehua was not one to be bullied since she was a child, so she turned around and went back to complain.

"You are such a disrespectful girl!"

Xiao Man's mother cursed in her heart and slammed the door.

Lian Hehua always asks others to call her by her full name, but she likes to call others by their nicknames. Xiaoman's name was obviously chosen before hers, but she always calls her Sanya. Who wouldn't feel annoyed? She calls her daughter Sanya, and she calls herself Daya.

Humph, she’s the one who’s angry anyway.

"Doctor Yin, I'm sorry to make you laugh."

Yin Huaixi didn't think anything was wrong, she went straight into the small room to see Xiaoman for a follow-up checkup. Jiang Wan didn't follow her in, she sat outside, drinking water and chatting with Xiaoman's mother.

"Aunt Qiufang, is the girl named Hehua your daughter?"

"She is the daughter of my husband's eldest brother. But our third branch has been separated a long time ago, and she doesn't usually interact with our family."

When talking about her niece, Xiao Manniang seemed to open up.

"It was her contribution that we were separated. She was very competitive at a young age, and she wanted to eat and dress well at home, and she treated my Xiaoman like a maid. But the eldest and second sisters-in-law doted on her, and they always helped her bully my Xiaoman."

I feel so angry when I talk about it.

Jiang Wan was puzzled.

"Isn't she your eldest sister-in-law's daughter? Why does your second sister-in-law also dote on her?"

The second brother is caught between the eldest sister-in-law and the third brother's wife, so shouldn't he try to smooth things over?

"Who knows about her? She cursed money losers every day after giving birth to three daughters, but now she has a son, she has started to favor daughters. She doesn't care about her own older children, but she loves the younger one born by her eldest sister-in-law. She may be mentally ill."

A flash of inspiration suddenly appeared, but Jiang Wan didn't catch it.